And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the cunning is quickly ended.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?

He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and take your rest in safety.

He takes away the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him.

He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry;

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

As God lives, who has taken away my right; and the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul;

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without a hand.

But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

That you should take it to its domain, and that you should know the paths to its home?

He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares.

Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant forever?

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.